U2 have paid tribute to the iconic civil rights campaigner Rosa Parks who, of course, died aged 92 last week. Playing in Detroit last week, Bono dedicated several songs to Parks and, before performing 'One', told his audience "because of her quiet dignity and strength, America became a better, changed country. This song is dedicated to the mother of American civil rights movement, Rosa Parks. God Bless you in your rest".
No comment from the OutKast camp regarding Parks' death. As previously reported, they found themselves facing litigation from Parks' legal people after they named a song after her without asking permission on their 1998 album 'Aquemini'. The case was settled earlier this year with the band and their label, SonyBMG, promising to run educational projects promoting the cause Parks campaigned for. At the time of that litigation some of Parks' relatives criticised her lawyers, arguing that the then very ill Parks was not fully aware of the litigation, and that she would never have pursued it had she been in full health.